Kanye West Says He Works On Behalf Of J Dilla

The Stones Throw documentary Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton was released on DVD and Blu-ray this week and a 30-minute outtake reel from the film is beginning to make its rounds on the web. Originally found on Rolling Stone, In Extra Special Loving for the People includes footage from founding DJ/producer Peanut Butter Wolf, Madlib, Gaslamp Killer, and an exclusive clip of an interview with Kanye West.

In the clip, ‘Ye waxes poetically about J Dilla saying, “It’s amazing: How could we lose Biggie, Pac, Dilla, Steve Jobs, Michael Jackson? It almost feels like the devil’s winning. We gotta make music and we think, ‘If Dilla was alive, would he like this?’ I have to work on behalf of Dilla. When I put a weird-ass Jamaican sample, it works at first but it’s not until I put the [makes discordant musical noise] that it sounds like art or sounds slightly wrong. And now it’ll go to the radio now that it’s wrong, motherfucker. Now play this. Play this five-minute song that completely fucks up your programming. Play this. It’s best respect that we can pay to great artists that have inspired us so much is to never fuckin’…never sell out.” The clip can be seen at the 24:09 mark of the video below.

Stones Throw is one of the more groundbreaking indie labels in music and were responsible for albums from J Dilla, Madlib and Madvillian. Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton features awesome footage from concerts, interviews with the label’s roster and those influenced by Stones Throw including Mike D of the Beastie Boys, ?uestlove, and Tyler, The Creator.